Elia Simon is currently enrolled at an exchange program in the field of English Education Study Program at St. Cloud State University. She would like to participate at the prestigious GLOBAL UGRAD program, because she wants to enrich her knowledge and improve her leadership skills. The most important reason is she wants to inspire Indonesian people especially Eastern Indonesian to participate more in the offered scholarship.

Upon the completion of her exchange program, she will be back to Widya Mandira Catholic University in Kupang majoring English Education to earn an undergraduate degree. Once graduated, she would like to pursue a career in teaching English and volunteer in social activities as well as empower the youths in eastern part of Indonesia.